Harry Staley vs. Steve Stone — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Stone
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Steve Stone built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Staley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Staley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.81 and WHIP 1.354 compared to 3.97 and 1.367 for Steve Stone. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Staley and Steve Stone

Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
1.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.5
53.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.06
84.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
3.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5365
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1788.1
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1707
8.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
716
3.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1065
5.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
7640
38.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
4.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
6758
34.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.45
38.45

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Steve Stone

Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
1.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5367
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1789
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
1.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
2.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
1.91
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.51
94.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.184
1.184
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.06
84.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Steve Stone

Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
340
806.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
253
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
219
519.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
22
52.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
20
47.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
3.35
7.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
24
56.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
34
80.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
9
21.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
16
37.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.68
-8.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
11
26.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
218.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
2.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
52.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA